1. GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN YOUR FCRB E-PACKET E-Packet Tricks & Tips

2. FILE FORMAT E-Packet Content is primarily in Adobe PDF format. PDF Files are secure and not modifiable. PDF Files are small and easily transferable. Many applications can read PDF files on various computer systems. PDF files are the primary download format on the FCRB website. PDF files can be easily printed and published to obtain a hard copy.

3. PDF Files Are Primarily Read With Adobe Reader (Free)Adobe Acrobat

4. Depending on your operating system and version of Reader / Acrobat your application should look similar to this. An important feature of the default screen is this icon on the sidebar. This icon controls the thumbnail views of all the documents in the PDF file and allows to you quickly search through the documents.

5. Once the Pages Icon is clicked, it opens the Thumbnail View sidebar that shows all the pages in the document. The size of the thumbnail images can be increased by using the pull down menu located near the top of the Thumbnail View sidebar.

6. Scrolling through the thumbnail view and clicking on a page will immediately open that page in full view mode on the right. The size of the full screen view can be modified by using the zoom control window in the toolbar at the top of the screen.

7. Adobe Reader / Acrobat can also be set to automatically ‘scroll’ the document for easier reading. To scroll the document, simultaneously hit the Control-Shift-H keys at the same time, or chose the Automatically Scroll option from the ‘View’ Pull Down Menu.

8. The speed that the document scrolls can be controlled by the Up and Down arrow keys on the the keyboard. The Page-Up and Page-Down keys can also be used to advance the documents forward or backward. To stop the scroll feature, hit the Control-Shift-H keys again.

9. If you have the full version of Adobe Acrobat, you can have the entire document read out load to you through your computers speakers / headphones. This is done by activating the “Read Out Loud” function under the ‘View’ pull down menu. Adobe Acrobat will have to scan the document in order to be able to read the document. This can take several minutes if the document is lengthy.

10. The FCRB E-Packet Future E-PACKETS ARE CURRENTLY SENT OUT ON RE-WRITABLE CD-ROM DISKS FUTURE MEDIA MAY INCLUDE FLASH DRIVES / SD CARDS AND WEB ACCESS ADDITIONAL CONTENT SUCH AS TRAINING VIDEOS, FCRB ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS MAY ALSO BE INCLUDED

11. THE FREE ADOBE READER AND ADOBE ACROBAT SOFTWARE CAN BE OBATINED ONLINE AT: ADOBE - ADOBE READER DOWNLOAD ADOBE - ADOBE ACROBAT Obtaining Further Information and Content STATISTICAL REPORTS AND ADDITIONAL CONTENT CAN BE FOUND ON THE FCRB WEBSITE: FCRB WEBSITE